COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONIn 1986 Harpoon co-founders Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary began brewing Harpoon in Boston to share with others the joy of making—and drinking—great beer. In 2000, we added a second brewery in Windsor, Vermont to keep up with the demand. As a regional craft brewer, we gained interest and respect for cider, a drink with strong roots and history in New England. Harpoon’s cider is our contribution to the long heritage of cider made with fresh juice from locally grown apples.

Harpoon Cider is made from a blend of locally grown apples including the New England favorite, McIntosh. By fermenting this blend of varieties with our own yeast we are able to produce an aroma that has a clean, fruity character. This crisp, refreshing cider has just the right balance of ripe apple sweetness and tartness from the fruit’s natural acidity. The color of this smooth tasting cider is very light as a result of using only freshly pressed apples. Without the addition of preservatives, artificial colors, or sweeteners we have created a cider that is fresh, pure, and delicious. Enjoy!

Pour on tap, clear yellow-straw pour with thin to no head, aroma is apple juice, some slight grainy, cereal type notes into a bit of yeast, touch of grass. Taste was a mix of apple, apple juice, some sugar into some slight grain, finishing fairly sweet, watery.

Pours a pale yellow with no head and heavy carbonation. Aroma is of sweet apple juice. Tastes like most ciders, but a bitt too sweet and sour (similar to a green jolly rancher). Overpowering tart apple aftertaste.

Bottle, does this even have any flavor? its so mild and bubbly that i really don’t find any flavors here sure it smells like typical apples, its color is a little darker than a wyders but its just boring.

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